> Is it silent on Mars? Good question! No, it is not. See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/marsmic/sound.html http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/marsmic/sound.html for a

> Is it silent on Mars? Good question! No, it is not. See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/marsmic/sound.html http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/marsmic/sound.html for an experiment, carried on the Mars Polar Lander, which would have attempted to record the sounds of Mars. Sadly the instrument was lost along with MPL. > Just curious if Martian weather tends to be windy or calm Another good question. Mars is quite windy. I don't have a reference handy, but Spirit and Opportunity recorded numerous dust devils on the Martian surface. IIRC, they sometimes saw more than one a day!